Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Logan on May 26, 2013, 10:57:58 PM
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This is a random question, but I saw this '41 Chrysler Crown Imperial on Craigslist in my area http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/3817203712.html. I'm looking for a rough bluebook value on this car, but I could not find it listed on Hagerty. I want to go take a look at it in person and maybe make an offer on it--not the $5,500 they are asking, but want to make an offer they might accept. This car is a full CCCA Classic. Any Imperial experts out there that can talk about the value of these restored, and in various conditions?
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Logan
I am no Imperial expert, so when I need answers I go to the Imperial On Line Club. Type it into Google just like that and it will come up. There, you will get all the information you need-production totals, engine size, PDF's of the factory brochures, and member photos.
I always cringe when people say a car is a "full CCCA classic". Like that means anything at all. Obviously, in my opinion, it does not. I love Imperials and have followed them for quite awhile. In some years, Imperials were not much more then gussied up New Yorkers.
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Thanks for the NADA link. It gives $11,350 for low retail and $23,500 for high retail. I'm not sure what low retail means here. Yes, CCCA full classics is not the end-all be-all, but most of the cars on the are of exceptional quality in some way. Thanks for the website. I sent them a message.
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So did you buy the car?????
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I did not buy the car. I spoke with the owner and saw more pictures, and it is rougher than I thought, and too much of a project for me. I was attracted by the long wheelbase and big, straight-8 power. I love my KF, but at some point I would also like a late 30s or 40s "long automobile": Packard and Imperial are both high on the list. I love Cadillacs, but the ones I really like are too pricy. In a dream-world I would like a Duesenber or a Cadillac V16 (early, OHC version), but that is just a dream!